Archive for January 2016

One person has died in a fire at a flat in the New Forest.
The blaze broke out at the property above a hairdressers in Lyndhurst Road, Ashurst, just before 02:30 GMT.
Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service said a joint investigation with police was under ...

A pensioner whose poor health left him unable to move or call for help when fire engulfed his home most likely died after dropping a cigarette, an inquest heard.
Ivor Houson, 79, had to "sit there" as flames tore through his bungalow in south east Co...

Police investigating a suspicious fire at a Swansea council housing office have released images of a man they want to speak to in connection with the blaze.
The fire broke out at Housing Options premises on High Street in the city centre at around 19...

A father accused of murder after a baby and two teenagers died in a fire had threatened to "body bag" people during a row over a moped, a court has heard.
Amy Smith, 17, six-month-old daughter Ruby-Grace Gaunt and friend Edward Green, also 17, died i...

Fire crews have rescued a woman from a burning house in Ballymena, County Antrim.
Firefighters using breathing apparatus entered the house in Woodcroft Brae on Tuesday and found the woman in a smoke-filled, downstairs room.
Archie McKay of the NI Fir...

Millions of tumble dryers are still to be repaired in a fire safety campaign - but owners face a wait of weeks for an engineer.
Owners of large air-vented dryers and condensing dryers under the Hotpoint, Indesit and Creda brands may need to have them...

A six-month-old baby killed in a flat fire was found in her dead mother's arms, a murder trial has heard.
Amy Smith, 17, daughter Ruby-Grace Gaunt and friend Edward Green, also 17, died in the blaze at Langley Mill in Derbyshire last year.
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A fire which killed two teenagers and a baby was started deliberately as an act of revenge following a row over a stolen moped, a court has been told.
Amy Smith, 17, was killed with her six-month-old daughter Ruby-Grace Gaunt and friend Edward Green,...

A man who died following a house fire in Cardiff has been named as 59-year-old Robert Sadler.
Police were called to Mr Sadler's home in Llanrumney Avenue, Llanrumney, at 04:30 GMT on Sunday.
A 27-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of murder and...

People in several districts of Melbourne have been told to stay indoors as a huge tyre fire burns on the outskirts of the Australian city.
The fire, which began on Monday morning, has already burned up about about 150,000 tyres, said fire officials.
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